Nefesh Mountain’s Hanukkah Show: “Good Vibes, Electric Grooves and Jams for People of all Backgrounds, Beliefs, Types, Kinds”

Nefesh Mountain will celebrate Hanukkah with a special show at Brooklyn, NY’s Brooklyn Bowl on Thursday, December 18. The evening will commence with a festive musical community candle lighting at 7 pm, drawing in members of the extended Brooklyn Bowl community, and promises “good vibes, electric grooves and jams for people of all backgrounds, beliefs, types, kinds.” Rabbi Daniel Brenner, who leads the annual Rosh Hashanah services at Brooklyn Bowl, will be one of the community leaders involved in the celebration and the members of Nefesh Mountain plan to dig into the Hanukkah material Woody Guthrie wrote after being inspired by his mother-in-law, the Yiddish poet Aliza Greenblatt, during their set.

The Love & Light show is part of a short December sprint for the New York-based progressive Americana group that also includes stops at Groton, MA’s Groton Music Center on December 17 and West Chester, PA’s Uptown Knauer Performing Arts Center on December 23. The group will also hit the road in early 2026 for a more extensive run through the West Coast and Southeast. That outing will kick off at Seattle’s Tractor Tavern on January 7 and also hit Corvallis, OR’s PRAx on January 8, Portland, OR’s Polaris Hall on January 9, Nashville’s 3rd and Lindsley on January 27, Lexington, KY’s The Burl on January 28, Asheville, NC’s The Grey Eagle on January 29 and Cary, NC’s Cary Arts Center on January 30. The ensemble will also open for The Infamous Stringdusters at South Salt Lake, UT’s The Commonwealth Room on February 27 and perform at San Diego’s Casbah on March 17 and Santa Barbara, CA’s Soho Restaurant & Music Club on March 18.